10:00AM - 12:00PM
Clean muscle details, creative drills, tips for getting the most out of your technique, and workin' the shimmy!
Join Jen, A FatChanceBellyDance® Sister Studio & Director of Twisted Gypsy, for a journey of breaking down and drilling the harder movements in the ATS vocabulary.
Included are effective techniques to really get those multi-layer moves looking good. From the basic shimmy to the Arabic Shimmy, and the Wet Dog to the rare and elusive Reverse Shimmy.
All levels welcome! Good for ATS dancers as well as those looking to fuse some Tribal into their repertoire.
$25 pre-sale/$35 at-the-door

12:30PM - 2:30PM
Understanding the history to our art is invaluable knowledge for any dancer or enthusiast.
Within this 2 hour lecture, Aubre will walk through hundreds of years of history with a specific focus on the past few decades that brought us Tribal Fusion and Bellydance Fusion.
Handouts will be available. Notebook for notes is highly recommended.
$25 pre-sale/$35 at-the-door

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On Saturday, January 26, 2013, celebrate being part of a vast, socially diverse culture and community!

The Second Annual "A Taste of Los Angeles Belly Dance" Festival is offering another healthy sampling of the best that Los Angeles has to offer! Bring a friend and enjoy dancers you love, discover teachers that will excite and inspire you and meet up-and-coming dancers. Los Angeles is a city bursting with surprises and treasures of unique talent within the world of belly dance.

It's all happening right here in your county, with workshops going on from 10:00 am to 2:30 pm and the ensuing festivities from 3:00 pm to 8:15 pm! We are proud to host our event in another city located in our vast Los Angeles County region: ALHAMBRA!

We never quite realize how large and beautiful our county is, and this year we want to hold it in one of our neighboring cities!

Here is a map of the cities we represent in Los Angeles County!

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A TASTE OF L.A. FUNDRAISER FOR LOS ANGELES HOMELESS YOUTH

We will be working with the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center to fundraise for Youth Services. Their goal is to house and feed homeless gay, bisexual, transgender and lesbian youth under the age of 25 who are currently living in Los Angeles.

Proceeds from our event will be going toward the Youth Center, which offers counseling, food, clothing, shower, transitional programs and other services to help the LGBT youth community. We will also be holding a clothing drive and plan to donate all items collected to the same charity.

See a great show and help make a difference!

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THANK YOU!

We asked our L.A. community for your votes to choose 2013's workshop teachers, an you chose JEN MCDONALD and AUBRE HILL!

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Get to know your teachers for this years' " Taste " event!

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JEN MCDONALD

Jen McDonald has been studying, performing, and teaching belly dance since 2000. She is a certified teacher of American Tribal Style® and runs a FatChanceBellyDance® Sister Studio.

As a teacher, Jen’s goal lies in the empowerment of her students. Using a balance of fun and a thorough step-by-step breakdown of technique, she ensures that everyone is comfortable and confident while they learn. In Jen’s classes you can expect encouragement, patience and enthusiasm.

Aubre Hill is an international star and a sought after master teacher and choreographer.

Her training includes extensive years in Raks Sharqi, Fusion, Ballet, Jazz, Hip Hop, Musical Theatre, Pilates, and Folk dance. She has toured with the Bellydance Superstars, won international awards, hosted her own bellydance fitness show on FitTV, and can be seen in numerous films.

She is the artistic director of the Lumina Bellydance Company and the Qabila Folkdance Company. Her technical finesse and emotive soul bring together the elements to move and inspire audiences around the world.

Understanding the history to our art is invaluable knowledge for any dancer or enthusiast.

Within this 2 hour lecture, Aubre will walk through hundreds of years of history with a specific focus on the past few decades that brought us Tribal Fusion and Bellydance Fusion.

Handouts will be available. Notebook for notes is highly recommended.

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Just as last year, there will be two free mini-workshops to introduce you and give you another taste of L.A.'s amazing teachers! These workshops will be held in the 30-minute time between Jen and Aubre's classes. Sign up today to take advantage of a free learning opportunity from two of L.A.'s up and coming teachers!

This years' teachers and workshops will be:

ROXY ROXSTAR

12:00PM - 12:15PMDancing to Dubstep, Roxstar StyleFREE

Love it or hate it (but if you're taking this class, I HOPE you love it!), dubstep has recently started to become a popular trend in the fusion bellydance world. For some reason, this highly produced style of music, with its synthesized melodies, high-speed rhythm and a bass beat to blow your ears off, is highly addictive to many performers. Roxy Roxstar is one such soul that has succumbed to dubstep addiction. We hope it isn't fatal.

Roxy has been performing to dubstep frequently over the past two years, and though her style is by no means formulaic, she has a few choice techniques that often wind up worming their way into her movement.

In this workshop, she will walk you through her tips and techniques for giving a powerful performance to dubstep music. We will focus on adjoining certain movements to certain sounds. We will work on a short combo that you can slip into your next solo!

IRINAXARA

12:15PM - 12:30PMRomany Punk Fusion and FantasyFREE

This workshop explores the relationships between primarily Eastern European Romany movement and “Gypsy Punk” music, a genre famously pioneered by the band Gogol Bordello.

IrinaXara will draw focus to the characterization inherent in Romany dance interpretation and matters of stereotyping and gender(ed) portrayal. The workshop will center dually on building characterization and interpretation, as well as study of ethnic movement and flavor and will also help students bring their own signature style to the genre.

With discussion of ethnic movement there will be a short discussion of genre musical traits and musicality. Though not the main focus of the workshop, the cultural influence of Steampunk fantasy may also be discussed.